The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-06-09

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R4~ The CITIZEN. with latest Associa
ted Press Dispatches will be iound
regularly at all hotels and newsstand
in the city. When the supply may bt
exhausted at those places, call at the
Office.
The weather was fine yesterday, anG
without a shower.
Mr.. D. M. Collie, cf Jefferson county
Tennessee, is here at the stables o.
Chambers & Wcaver's with u lot of fine
horses. Now is the time to get such.
In speaking of the record of DR.. S. l.
Love We lost sight of the fact that he had
been several times member of the
State Legislature, IN the House, before
the war.
Let the rail road spirit suffer no cool.
ing. baskerville is to be made the rail.
road center its position invites to, the
present conditions favor decided and
united action.
There will be an ice-cream and straw
berry festival at the old Depot tonight,
for the benefit of the Methodist Mis-
Sionary Chapel.
We have some important suggestions
to make tomorrow, interesting to the
people of this county relative to the
course of directi0nEi the Carolina and
Knoxville Rail D|T d.
The election 10 the graded school
takes place on the 10Th. Those inter-
ested in the adoption of the system,
highly approved elsewhere, should tot
forget the day, or the occasion.
Hotel men complain of the present
dul'nes of the tin es. They are like the
sailor al nssing the tropics whn gets mn.
avo dan!v, inhis patti, lnCG the doldrums.
when there is no wind It; ~. He Is be-
tive IN seasons, exactly ar the '."tel man
now is. A breeze, ii NOT Il blast, will
soon springup
Prof. J Z Price, a. ME,f Salisbury,
N. e., will deliver the annual Grafton of
the Asheville Colorei Normal School
at the A. NJ + Zion church at 2 O..
clock this afternoon. All are cordially
invited to attend. Prff Price is the
greatest orator of the negro race and it
will BE- great treat to hear him.
We learn with much satisfaction that
a day train, combined passenger train,
has been put on the road between here
and Hendersonville, leaving Asheville
at 7:40 a. M, and reaching here at $40
at night. This so far as it goes, is very
satisfactory. We hope the same facilities
will be given to the other parts of the
road, as no doubt they will be.
The public convenience would be
greatly subserved if lights were main.
tanned within the post Office. Now, after
the general delivery is over, all is dark
as Erebus, and the lock boxes have to be
felt for and guessed at, or found by
match. The lock boxes them
selves become a delusion and a snare,
giving the W ord of promise 10 the ear,
and break ingit to the hope.
Kerosene oil is cheap, and lamps not
costly. Turn on the light.
A correspondent informs us that Capt.
G. M. Roberts, who has turned his poll
tical spear into a pruning hook and his
sword into plough share, is profting by
the wisdom Of the exchange. His farm
is in the beautiful valley OF Mills River,
Is miles South of Asheville. He has 45O
acres under cultivation. ofwhicE 125 are
in grass 100 in oats 175 in corn 20 in
rye and 10 in wheat. From this it ought
to be inferred that the Captain is either is
in the cattle market, or that he proposes
to give the dairy question a patient
hearing.